Cristoforetti

Spaceflights:

No	Launch Spacecraft	Date and time of launch (UT)	Status while launch	Spacecraft of landing	Date and time of landing (UT)	Duration
1	Soyuz TMA-15M	23 Nov 2014 21:01:13 UT	FE - ISS Exp.42/43	Soyuz TMA-15M	11 Jun 2015 13:43:58 UT	199d 16h 42m
2	SpaceX Crew-4	27 April 2022 07:52:55 UTC	MS/FE - ISS Exp.67/68	SpaceX Crew-4	14 October 2022 20:55:27 UTC	170d 13h 02m
Total duration:						370d 05h 44m

Date of beginning	Time of beginning	Duration	Crew & Remarks
21.07.2022	UTC	7h 05m	Christoforettnin and O.Artemyev; mission ISS They continued preparing the ERA manipulator for operation and launched 10 small spacecraft - two Tsiolkovsky-Ryazan satellites and eight YuZGU-55 satellites created by Russian students.
Total:		7h 05m	EVAs: 1

No.	Mission	Job	Date
1	Soyuz TMA-13M	FE - exp.40/41	25 May 2014

She studied at the Technische Universität Munich, Germany, the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de l’Aéronautique et de l’Espace in Toulouse, France, and the Mendeleev University of Chemical Technologies in Moscow, Russia. She holds a master’s degree in engineering, as well as a master’s degree in aeronautical sciences from the University of Naples Federico II in Italy. Captain Cristoforetti is a fighter pilot with the Italian Air Force. In her leisure time, she enjoys mountaineering, scuba diving and caving.
Samantha Cristoforetti was selected as an ESA astronaut in May 2009. She joined ESA in September 2009 and completed basic astronaut training in November 2010.

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